| beefsteak fungus n. An edible fungus (Fistulina hepatica), growing on living tree trunks, such as oak and ash, and having a large, irregularly shaped reddish cap. |
beefsteak fungus
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) an edible reddish bracket fungus, Fistulina hepatica, that grows esp on oak trees and oozes a bloodlike juice
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| Noun | 1. |  beefsteak fungus - a popular edible fungus with a cap the color of liver or raw meat; abundant in southeastern United Statespolypore, pore fungus, pore mushroom - woody pore fungi; any fungus of the family Polyporaceae or family Boletaceae having the spore-bearing surface within tubes or pores; the fruiting bodies are usually woody at maturity and persistent Fistulina, genus Fistulina - fungi having each pore separate though crowded |
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